Print Management and Associated Services

General Dental CouncilcontractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-051251Procurement Act 2023SME suitablepending
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Estimated value

Awarded value

£2.0m

Awarded 17 Aug 2025

Suppliers

1

1 SME

Lots

1

1 awarded

Published

18 Aug 2025

Description

The General Dental Council (GDC) intends to award a contract for the delivery of Print Management and Associated Services. The awarded supplier will handle high volumes of legally significant and time sensitive correspondence. The Supplier will undertake the management, proofing and production of personalised mailings using the data provided by the GDC. This includes proofing correspondences, validating the data and sending out the following: - Annual retention fee notices - Removal letters - Indemnity Notice of Erasure letters - Annual Practising Certificates - Registrant reminder letters The Supplier will provide additional services, including: - A secure method for sharing registrant/mailing data - A forward on service - A business reply service - A process for providing weekly management reports to the GDC (as described in the Service Level Agreement) - Ad-hoc registrant mailing - GDC stationery - Printing and sending of 'welcome packs' (including Standards of the Dental team book, registration certificate and register leaflet items

Scope

Reference
GDC-2024-027
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
01 Sept 2025 to 31 Dec 2027
Possible extension to 31 Dec 2029

The initial contract period will be two years and three months. There is provision for the contract to be extended for two additional periods of 12 months each, subject to the contract remaining fit for purpose and the supplier maintaining a good standard of contract performance.

CPV classifications
22000000
79571000
79800000
Contract locations
UK, United Kingdom
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
Delivery ApproachLong criteria descriptionquality50.00%
Contract ManagementLong criteria descriptionquality10.00%
Terms and ConditionsLong criteria descriptionquality10.00%
PricingLong criteria descriptionprice30.00%

Submission & procedure

Procedure
Competitive flexible procedure

Award details

Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.

Awarded value

£2.0m

Award date

17 Aug 2025

Contract start

31 Aug 2025

Contract end

31 Dec 2027

Awarded to
PP
SME